florida.sierraclub.org/northeast Vol. XVI, Issue 8 August 2017 Sierra Club North East Florida Student Coalition Current Projects 1) Elementary School Garden Project -Sierra Student Coalition will be visiting a local elementary school to build an or- ganic garden and teach students about the importance of "green" agricultural prac- tices. Students will then take care of the garden themselves! . 2) Seize the Grid Campaign at Flagler College -Here is the big one! The Seize the Grid Campaign is the national Sierra Student Coalition project. We will be organizing a demonstration to urge campus leaders at Flagler college to divest from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy. The demonstration will include students from Flagler environmental clubs/organizations, as well as the student coalition. (For more info: http://www.sierraclub.org/youth/seize-the-grid) 3) Guana Trails Trash/Recycle Bin Project -We will be raising money for animal-safe trash and recycle bins for the GTM NERR trails in Ponte Vedra Beach to help reduce littering. If you would like to get involved with the Sierra Student Coalition, reach out to the group’s chair Nick Famularo at nick- [email protected]. Cumberland Island-The Shrinking Sanctuary Mark Albertin, a documentary filmmaker for Augusta, Georgia, has made an excellent 30-minute documentary on Cumberland Island called “Cumberland Island-The Shrinking Sanctuary. The documentary will be screened by the Sierra Club in the main meeting room of the Ponte Vedra Beach Public Library, 101 Library Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 32082 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22. Mark will be at the screening for a question and answer session after the screening. The documentary will be screened around the south to create awareness and activism regarding the threats to Cumberland Island which arise from the proposed resi- dential development of 1,000 acres on the Island. If you want Cumberland Island to remain as a pristine national park then you can write to the Camden Board of County Commissioners at P.O. 99, Woodbine, Georgia , 31569 to request the Commissioners to deny any request for further development of Cumberland Island. This is a documentary that you will not want to miss.
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florida.sierraclub.org/northeast Vol. XVI, Issue 8 August 2017
Sierra Club North East Florida Student Coalition Current Projects
1) Elementary School Garden Project
-Sierra Student Coalition will be visiting a local elementary school to build an or-
ganic garden and teach students about the importance of "green" agricultural prac-
tices. Students will then take care of the garden themselves! .
2) Seize the Grid Campaign at Flagler College
-Here is the big one! The Seize the Grid Campaign is the national Sierra Student
Coalition project. We will be organizing a demonstration to urge campus leaders at
Flagler college to divest from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy. The
demonstration will include students from Flagler environmental clubs/organizations,
as well as the student coalition.
(For more info: http://www.sierraclub.org/youth/seize-the-grid)
3) Guana Trails Trash/Recycle Bin Project
-We will be raising money for animal-safe trash and recycle bins for the GTM NERR trails in Ponte Vedra Beach to
help reduce littering.
If you would like to get involved with the Sierra Student Coalition, reach out to the group’s chair Nick Famularo at nick-
Mark Albertin, a documentary filmmaker for Augusta,
Georgia, has made an excellent 30-minute documentary
on Cumberland Island called “Cumberland Island-The
Shrinking Sanctuary. The documentary will be
screened by the Sierra Club in the main meeting room
of the Ponte Vedra Beach Public Library, 101 Library
Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 32082 at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, August 22. Mark will be at the screening for a
question and answer session after the screening.
The documentary will be screened around the south to
create awareness and activism regarding the threats to
Cumberland Island which arise from the proposed resi-
dential development of 1,000 acres on the Island. If you
want Cumberland Island to remain as a pristine national
park then you can write to the Camden Board of
County Commissioners at P.O. 99, Woodbine, Georgia , 31569 to request the Commissioners to deny any request for
further development of Cumberland Island.
This is a documentary that you will not want to miss.
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